Athletics: Paris goes for capital gains

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In a quiet Parisian suburb, Christine Arron will wake up early, check on her one-year-old son and prepare for the world athletics championships that have come to town. And in a hotel room in another part of the French capital, David Moorcroft might well be wondering about what could have been.

As Paris stages the ninth edition of the sport’s second -biggest gathering (the opening ceremony takes place on Friday and the competition begins on Saturday), there is much more at stake than just nine days of the best track and field athletes chasing gold and a £30,000 winner’s cheque.